Brand Manager - 6M FTC

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6 Month Fixed Term Contract 

Location: Bristol or London, 2 days a week in the office

Team: Brand Strategy & Management

Salary banding: £45,000 - £53,000

Experience: Mid-level

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Lottie Pettinger, Brand Lead

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Creative, Organised, Dynamic

Top 3 qualities for this role: Meticulous, Diplomatic, Empathetic

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

“You’re after an exciting new challenge helping to manage and evolve one of the UK’s largest green energy companies at a crucial time for customers and the planet. We’re a small team that makes a big impact, and you’d play a key role in shaping the OVO brand.”

Where you’ll work:

At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work for everyone. That’s why we created the OVO Way of Flexibility.

All our roles are hub based (Bristol, Glasgow or London), providing a dedicated space for collaboration, connection and teamwork. You’ll also have the flexibility to work from home.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

Our brand strategy & management team are responsible for creating the frameworks for our brand - think brand positioning, guidelines & brand toolkits. Ultimately helping the business work towards our common goal - making energy work for people and planet. Looking forward, in 2025 we’ll be supporting teams across the business to get the most out of our brand. Helping them to understand and use the tools that we have and manage the creation of the assets that we don’t.

Where in the world of OVO will I be working?

You’ll be reporting into our Lead Brand Manager as part of a small Brand Strategy & Management team. We’re part of a broader Brand & Marketing team - so work closely with Corporate Affairs, Brand Marketing, our Creative Studio and our PR & Social team. You’ll also forge strong cross functional relationships with teams all across OVO - from product and tech to CRM and customer Care.

This role in a nutshell:

We’re looking for an experienced and effective Brand Manager to join our team as we cement and evolve our brand world. Over the last 18 months we’ve launched and rolled out our revised visual identity, and we couldn't be prouder of it. Now the focus is on maintaining, evolving where needed - and making sure that teams have everything that they need.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their experience managing a brand in a fast-paced and ever-evolving industry. Reporting into our Lead Brand Manager, you’ll work cross functionally - regularly interfacing with our creative studio, other departments and our agency partners.

We’re looking for someone who’s got a strong eye for great design and a love of excellent copy to come and join the brand team here at OVO.

Your key outcomes will be:

Maintaining our Brand toolkit:

• Leading the creation of new brand assets, and briefing our creative studio/external agency partners - think photoshoots, video shoots, icons, illustrations and more.
• Leading on project management and timings for Brand projects.
• Keeping our Digital Asset Management system up to date and making sure that we have the right assets available for teams to use.
• Identifying gaps in our Brand toolkit, and proactively working on filling them. 
• Creating on-brand assets on an ad-hoc basis.

Brand Management:

• Leading on the day to day delivery of key brand projects
• Be the key Brand Partner for teams across the business - you’ll be the person that teams want to go to for guidance on our Brand strategy and guidelines. Working with those teams to make them understand the value and power of the brand. 
• Helping to train the business in all things brand
• Leading on the organisation and planning of larger scale brand projects like Design or Tone of Voice training and template roll out
• Working with teams to understand what templates and guidance they’re missing or need
• Leading our brand management & review process, helping teams to understand what’s not on brand, why - and how they get there
• Advocating for brand, getting teams across the business educated & excited about the impact that brand can have for their product area
• Understanding the brand strategy, and making sure all touchpoints are consistent with it

Within your first 3 months month you’ll:

• Become our go-to brand expert - knowing our strategy, guidelines and tone of voice inside and out
• Be confident in shaping experiences and propositions to be on brand & upskilling others in the business to better understand our brand
• Be very familiar with OVO’s customer experience and products

You’ll be a successful Brand Manager here at OVO if you…

• Have experience building or managing brands, either from an agency or client side
• Have experience in creating or working on brand related content and communications. This could be at a brand or an agency.
• Have experience of project management, managing deadlines and stakeholder feedback across multiple streams of work
• Have experience with design tools (such as Photoshop, InDesign or Canva) and know how to make great creative assets. You’ll also know why something doesn’t look right, and how to manage others to rectify that.
• Are confident delivering feedback to stakeholders and brief owners to help make sure assets are on brand.
• Have a passion for brand, branding and brand management as a tool for a successful business
• Are empathetic and actively seek out other perspectives
• Are confident speaking in front of large & small groups 
• Are ambitious and want to learn new skills and develop 
• Have a natural interest in production and design trends
• Are able to see the positive side of any situation, and bring others on that journey with you – a natural optimist
• Love a role where no two days are the same
• Have a particular affection for the colour green and an ability to find the interesting angle to everything

Great at some but not all of this? Please apply! Just like great ideas can come from anywhere, and inspiration is around every corner, we’re keeping our minds open when it comes to the right fit for this role.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £45,000 and £53,000, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £400 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you! If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..